Summer 1950: All finished with the main house in Alta, Iowa

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Commentary by Neil A. Lieb and photo from his archive

From a telephone interview on July 22, 2014

It’s all done. It looks like they’re putting scaffolding up for painting. The main hoist is on the left. That’s a Georgia buggy hanging on the hoist. The guy that’s standing there is going to push it as soon as it hits the deck. They might be just starting on the headhouse. I can’t figure that scaffolding out. It’s a rigid scaffolding.

One comment on “Summer 1950: All finished with the main house in Alta, Iowa

  1. Rich Cline says:

    After they took off the slip forms they finished the last four foot so everything looks the same.

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